By Juliette Tang
Have you ever wondered what your fellow San Franciscans are reading? One might find such information by asking random strangers on the streets of SF about their reading habits — but that may make everyon involved a little uncomfortable. A better method is to let People Reading do it for you. Blogger Sonya Worthy has been chronicling San Franciscan readers for the past two and a half years, and thus far, she has photographed over 1,200 readers. (And they said blogs would kill print! – Ed.)
Says Sonya, “The beauty and rarity of a given book being read at a given time, instead of, say, packed away in a box somewhere is what initiated the blog. But, throughout the past two and a half years, I’ve discovered that I’ve not only been chronicling the popularity of books, but also the diversity of individuals.” San Francisco is, indeed, a diverse city of readers. Look at the assorted variety of books on the blog. From the William Faulker: Novels 1930-1935 to Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power to The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing the Harmonica, our fellow citizens show an interesting and assorted variety of tastes when it comes to their tomes.